Hurricane Earl, which was a tropical storm when it sped quickly north well off-shore from us, waved a bit during and after its passage. We had a bit of rain and a small amount of breeze here at the House on the Cove. We understand that Earl had intensified again before it hit Nova Scotia, and that there are widespread power outages there. We hope everyone is okay and that their lives are soon back to normal. Papa Bear, Boo Boo and Mama Bear went to Seawall to view the waves there this morning, while Baby Bear slept in a bit (her choice: she somehow knew the waves would not be what they would be later in the day) and then she made popovers for us. We saw an amazing cloud while at Seawall. Upon arrival home, we had Baby Bear's popovers, which are better than the popovers at Jordan Pond Tea House. They are just perfect and we devoured them with strawberry and blueberry jam accompanied by cups of fair trade organic cocoa, available from the supermarket here.
In the afternoon, we went to the Park Loop Road and visited along the Thunderhole area, to view some post-Earl spectacular surf. The rangers patrolled regularly and asked those who had moved too close to the surf to move back, trying to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy that happened post-Hurricane Bill last year.
We had a great time, walking along to see the surf from different vantage points, and taking photos along the way. The surf continued to build while we were there, and with the light breeze, the smell of the ocean, the soothing sound of the pounding surf and the wonderous display, we had a perfect afternoon.
We had a simple dinner tonight, and Boo Boo is making blueberry flan for us to enjoy later.
The picture today (more of the pictures from today may appear in another blog: we took many, many pictures today) was taken with Mama Bear's Droid-X, and is a single frame from a video she shot. In the background you can see the line of white waves breaking continuously at Old Soaker. Mama Bear has been wondering what happened at the Old Sow near Campobello during the storm there.
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